Azania Front Cathedral

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Azania Front Cathedral

The Azania Front Cathedral ( German  for "Azania Front Lutheran Church" ) is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Dar es Salaam ( Tanzania ) and the cathedral of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania .

Location and history

The building is one of the most famous landmarks and tourist attractions in the city. It is located in the center of the city, near the sea, overlooking the port . The name comes from an earlier name for the Uferstraße. German missionaries had the church built during the colonial period between 1898 and 1899. The local government building director Friedrich Gurlitt created the design .

Architecture and equipment

The building is a hall church in native style with red tiled roofs, tiles, canopies over the windows and bright white walls. The tower, which can be seen from afar, extends over the central entrance area. The original interior is largely preserved. In the nave are side galleries. The neo-Gothic altar made of tropical hardwood bears the German inscription: "I leave peace to you, I give you my peace" ( Jn 14:27  LUT ), an allusion to the name Dar-es-Salam - "House of Peace".

  • View from the harbor

  • inner space

  • View from the "Kaiserhof" to the church

Peal

Bells 1 and 2
Bell 3

The three bells were cast by Schilling in Apolda in 1901 . At that time they bear inscriptions that were often used in Germany.

No. Casting year Caster inscription
1 1901 Schilling, Apolda IN THE SKY I FLOAT / TO THE SKY I SIGN
THE HUMAN
HEART TO LIFE 'I / THE SOUNDS I LEND' I
TO JOY 'AND PAIN
2 1901 Schilling, Apolda FOR THE DAY WORK, I WAKE UP /
IN
THE EVENING, I WAVE TO A GENTLE CALM GREETING THE FESTIVE DAY, 'I / THE YOUTH I ADD'
TO THE ALTAR
3 1901 Schilling, Apolda TO HELP, I ROLL 'I / FOR PRAYER' I INVITE
THE CHRISTIAN CHOIR
FOR DEAD APPEAL 'I / PRAYERS' I
EMPORATE TO GOD

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Today called "Kivukoni Front"
  2. ^ Lutheran Azania Front Church, Dar es Salaam
  3. ↑ German Colonial Handbook², 1901, p. 382 online at archive.org
  4. ^ A b Azania Front Lutheran Church (Evangelical Lutheran), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  5. ^ Friedrich Ludwig Carl Gurlitt, * May 18, 1865 in Hamburg; † January 23, 1942 in Munich ( kmkbuecholdt.de ), architect and painter, government building officer, lived and worked in German East Africa from 1895 to 1906. He was a member of the Gurlitt family , namely the grandson of Johann Friedrich Karl Gurlitt and thus largely related to Hildebrand Gurlitt ( Gurlitt on the living room wall , Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , November 15, 2013).
  6. ↑ Carola Frentzen: German History on the Indian Ocean In: “Mainzer Allgemeine” newspaper from January 24, 2014

Coordinates: 6 ° 49 ′ 3 ″  S , 39 ° 17 ′ 28.5 ″  E